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3rd Crunchyroll Anime Awards
The 3rd Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held on February 16, 2019, honoring excellence in anime from 2018. Crunchyroll announced the details for the third edition of the awards on December 4, 2018. The list of judges as well as the categories to be presented were announced on December 17. Public voting was conducted from January 11 to 18. Winners were announced on February 16 via a livestream on Twitch. The show was hosted by voice actress Cristina Vee. Several prominent figures in the industry and community were invited to presented the awards, including Kevin Penkin, who previously won the 2018 award for Best Score. This edition featured 15 categories, including new industry-related categories such as Best VA Performance for both Japanese and English, Best Character Design, and Best Director. However, the award for Best Score was not given. It also dropped genre-specific awards such as Best Drama and Best Comedy, as well as the categories first introduced in the previous edition s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including Japanese anime. Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over 100million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was a subsidiary of AT&T's Otter Media, and from 2016 to 2018, the company partnered with Funimation, which would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll in 2021. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Culver City, Dallas, New York City, Melbourne, Tokyo, Paris, Roubaix, Berlin, Chișinău, Lausanne, and London, and is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime", is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaaki Yuasa
is a Japanese director, screenwriter, and animator affiliated with Science SARU, a Japanese animation studio which he co-founded with producer Eunyoung Choi in 2013. Yuasa previously served as president of Science SARU, but stepped down from this role in 2020. Recognized for his idiosyncratic art style and directorial voice, Yuasa began his career as an animator on the landmark television series ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' (1990–1992) and '' Crayon Shin-chan'' (1992–present), before moving into directing with the feature film ''Mind Game'' (2004) and developing a cult appeal following. Yuasa spent much of the 2000s and early 2010s working in television directing, helming a trio of series, '' Kemonozume'' (2006), ''Kaiba'' (2008), and ''The Tatami Galaxy'' (2010), before releasing the crowdfunded short film ''Kick-Heart'' (2013). During the production of ''Kick-Heart'', Choi proposed the establishment of Science SARU, and the resultant works created at the studio, combined with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TMS Entertainment
, formerly known as the , also known as or , is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946. TMS is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lilpri'', ''The Gutsy Frog'', ''The Rose of Versailles'', ''Anpanman'', ''Case Closed, Detective Conan'', ''Monster Rancher (TV series), Monster Rancher'', ''Magic Knight Rayearth'', ''Hamtaro'', ''Sonic X'', ''D.Gray-man'', ''Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple'', ''Fruits Basket'' (since 2019), ''Obake no Q-Taro'' (until 1972), ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' and feature-length films ''Golgo 13: The Professional'', ''Akira (1988 film), Akira'' and ''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'', alongside animation works for Western animation such as ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series), Inspector Gadget'', ''The Real Ghostbusters'', ''Rainbow Brite (1984 TV series), Rainbow Brite'', ''DuckTales'', ''The New Adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feel (animation Studio)
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2002. The studio is a subsidiary of Fun-Media, a Holdings company, who also owns animation studios Assez Finaud Fabric and Zexcs, which are also located in the same building as Feel. History Feel was established in Koganei, Tokyo on December 26, 2002 by ex-Studio Pierrot staff that specializes in the production of anime. To date, the studio have presented various well-known works, including '' Kissxsis'', ''Outbreak Company'', '' My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU'' seasons 2 and 3, ''Dagashi Kashi'', ''Tsuki ga Kirei'', and ''Hinamatsuri , also called Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is a religious (Shinto) holiday in Japan, celebrated on 3March of each year. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2005)"Hina Matsuri"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 313. Platforms covered with a red carpet–mater ...''. Productions Television series Original video animations Original net animation References External links Official website * {{Authority co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinamatsuri (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masao Ōtake. It was serialized in Enterbrain's magazine '' Harta'', formerly known as ''Fellows!'', from June 2010 to July 2020. Its chapters were collected in 19 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series is licensed by One Peace Books. An anime television series adaptation by Feel aired from April to June 2018. The story follows yakuza member Yoshifumi Nitta, who ends up taking care of a mysterious girl with telekinetic powers named Hina who inexplicably appeared in his apartment. Plot Yoshifumi Nitta, a mid-level Yakuza of the Ashikawa-gumi, finds his normal life thrown into chaos when a girl from the future literally drops on his head without warning. Knowing nothing more than her name, Hina, and the fact that she has incredible psychokinetic powers, Yoshifumi reluctantly becomes her ''de facto'' father. However, Hina's arrival sets off a chain reaction of events that affects everyone in the city, especially after more girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhouse (company)
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1972 by ex– Mushi Pro staff, including Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Madhouse has created and helped to produce many well-known shows, OVAs and films, starting with TV anime series ''Ace o Nerae!'' (produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha) in 1973, and including '' Wicked City'', ''Ninja Scroll'', ''Perfect Blue'', '' Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'', ''Trigun'', ''Di Gi Charat'', ''Black Lagoon'', '' Death Note'', '' Paprika'', ''Wolf Children, Parasyte: The Maxim'' and the first season of ''One-Punch Man''. Unlike other studios founded at this time such as AIC and J.C.Staff, their strength was and is primarily in TV shows and theatrical features. Expanding from the initial Mushi Pro staff, Madhouse recruited important directors such as Morio Asaka, Masayuki Kojima, and Satoshi Kon during the 1990s. Their staff roster expanded in the 2000s to include Mamoru Hosoda, Takeshi Koike, and Mitsuo Iso, as well as many younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Place Further Than The Universe
is an anime original television series produced by Madhouse. The series is directed by Atsuko Ishizuka, written by Jukki Hanada and features character designs by Takahiro Yoshimatsu. It aired in Japan between January and March 2018, and was co-produced and distributed internationally by Crunchyroll. Plot Mari Tamaki is a second-year high school student who wants to make the most out of her youth but is usually too afraid to do so. One day, she meets Shirase Kobuchizawa, a girl who has been saving up to travel to Antarctica, where her mother disappeared three years ago. Joined by two other girls, Hinata Miyake and Yuzuki Shiraishi, they join an expedition headed towards the Antarctic. Characters Main characters ; : :A girl who attends Tatara West High School in Tatebayashi, Gunma. She is often called by her friends. She is always curious about things that she does not know. Despite her curiosity, Kimari realizes she is not living life to the fullest and seeks to make the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science SARU
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for scientific reasoning is tens of thousands of years old. The earliest written records in the history of science come from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age and later by the efforts of Byzantine Greek scholars who brought Greek man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bones (studio)
Bones Inc. (stylized in lowercase; ja, 株式会社 ボンズ, Hepburn: ) is a Japanese animation studio. It has produced numerous series, including ''RahXephon'', ''No. 6'', ''Wolf's Rain'', ''Scrapped Princess'', ''Eureka Seven'', ''Angelic Layer'', ''Darker than Black'', '' Soul Eater'', ''Ouran High School Host Club'', both the 2003 and 2009 adaptations of ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', ''Star Driver'', ''Gosick'', ''Mob Psycho 100'', ''Space Dandy, Noragami'', '' Bungo Stray Dogs'', and ''My Hero Academia''. Its headquarters are located in Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo. History Bones was founded by Sunrise staff members Masahiko Minami, Hiroshi Ōsaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto in October 1998. One of their first projects was collaborating with Sunrise on '' Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door'', a feature film based on the '' Cowboy Bebop'' anime series. In 2007, the studio suffered the loss of co-founder Hiroshi Ōsaka, well known for his works as character designer on series such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Minami
is a Japanese anime producer and president of Bones. Career A graduate of the Osaka University of Arts's department of arts, Minami began his career with noted anime studio Sunrise as one of its producers. Later, in 1998, he co-founded Bones together with animators Hiroshi Osaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto. He was classmates in university with Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga and manga artist Kazuhiko Shimamoto. He is portrayed by actor Kaname Endo in the 2014 television drama ''Aoi Honō'' based on Shimamoto's autobiographical manga. Works *'' City Hunter 2'' *'' Musha Kishi Commando: SD Gundam Kinkyū Shutsugeki'' *'' SD Command Senki'' *'' SD Sengokuden: Tenka Taiha-hen'' *'' Shippu! Iron Leaguer'' *''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' *''Vision of Escaflowne''* *'' Welcome to Pia Carrot!! Gekijōban ~Sayaka no Koi Monogatari~'' *'' RahXephon: Tagen Hensōkyoku'' *''Fullmetal Alchemist'' *''Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi'' *''Sword of the Stranger'' *''Heroman'' *'' Cowboy Bebop'' *''Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Wind
Golden Wind may refer to * ''Golden Wind'' (manga), the fifth part of the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' **'' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind'', an anime adaptation of the manga series *, a Hong Kong cargo ship in service during 1966 *''The Golden Wind ''The Golden Wind'' is a historical novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1969, and in paperback by Curtis in 1972. The book was reissued with a new introduction by Harry Turtledove as a trade ...'', a historical novel by L. Sprague de Camp, 1969 See also * Golden Wind Zen Order, an American Zen Buddhist Order {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Sabat
Christopher Robin Sabat is an American voice actor, voice director, ADR engineer, and line producer working for Funimation, and OkraTron 5000. Some of his prominent roles in animations and anime include Vegeta and Piccolo in '' Dragon Ball'', Roronoa Zoro in ''One Piece'', All Might in ''My Hero Academia'' and Daisuke Jigen in ''Lupin the Third''. Career Sabat has provided voices for English-versions of Japanese anime and video games, including a variety of '' Dragon Ball'' characters, such as Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Shenron and others. Besides voicing in ''Dragon Ball '' he has lent his voice to several other anime characters including Daisuke Jigen in ''Lupin the Third'', Kazuma Kuwabara in ''Yu Yu Hakusho'', Alex Louis Armstrong in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Tatsumi Saiga in '' Speed Grapher'', Kurogane in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', All Might in ''My Hero Academia'', Roronoa Zoro in the Funimation dub of ''One Piece'', Yami Sukehiro in '' Black Clover'', Elf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
